| To: | Netdev <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | ethtool version 2 released |
| From: | Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Tue, 17 Aug 2004 08:26:57 -0400 |
| Cc: | Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Sender: | netdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx |
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Just released a small update to ethtool, version 2, posted at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/
Like its cousin "blktool", ethtool now has a simplified version scheme,
an ascending number.
For those unfamiliar with ethtool, it is a utility designed to configure specific features founds on most ethernet cards.
Summary of changes (mainly the new version scheme):
* Feature: ethtool register dump raw mode
* Feature: return results of self-test back to OS via exit(2)
* Feature: add verbose register dump for pcnet32, fec_8xx
* Maintenance: update to more recent autoconf
* Maintenance: minor updates to e1000-specific module
* Bug fix: Remove silly restriction on ethernet interface naming
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